The 2016 Stock Car Brasil Championship is the thirty-eighth season of the Stock Car Brasil. The season began at Curitiba on March 6 and finished at Interlagos on December 11.

From this season, the league won the seal of Codasur (Automobile Confederation of South America) and will be called the Brazilian Championship and South American Stock Car.

General Motors do Brasil announced the replacement of the Chevrolet Sonic for the New Chevrolet Cruze second generation as the official car of the category teams for the season of 2016 Brazilian and South American Stock Car. The car debut in second round at Velopark

Teams and drivers

Season entries Manufacturer Team Driver Rounds Chevrolet Cruze Red Bull Racing 0 Cacá Bueno All 29 Daniel Serra All RZ Motorsport 1 Thiago Marques 1 11 César Ramos 2, 6–7 25 Tuka Rocha 8–12 14 Luciano Burti 1–2 56 Danilo Dirani 6–9 117 Guilherme Salas 10–12 C2 Team 4 Júlio Campos All 83 Gabriel Casagrande All Vogel Motorsport 5 Denis Navarro All 8 Rafael Suzuki All TMG Racing 9 Gustavo Lima All 77 Valdeno Brito All Shell Racing 10 Ricardo Zonta All 51 Átila Abreu All Full Time-ProGP 12 Lucas Foresti All 66 Felipe Guimarães 1–7 Full Time Sports 18 Allam Khodair All 111 Rubens Barrichello All Ipiranga-RCM 21 Thiago Camilo All 28 Galid Osman All Bardahl Hot Car 26 Raphael Abbate All 110 Felipe Lapenna All Eurofarma RC 65 Max Wilson All 90 Ricardo Maurício All Peugeot 408 União Química Bassani 3 Bia Figueiredo All 70 Diego Nunes All Mico's Racing 6 Alceu Feldmann 1 45 Fábio Carbone 1–2 Cavaleiro Sports 7 Beto Cavaleiro 1 73 Sérgio Jimenez 2–12 74 Popó Bueno 1–8 99 Xandinho Negrão 9–12 Eisenbahn Racing Team 46 Vitor Genz All 63 Néstor Girolami All Voxx Racing 80 Marcos Gomes All 88 Felipe Fraga All First round entries Team Season driver Wildcard driver Red Bull Racing 0 Cacá Bueno Ricardo Sperafico 29 Daniel Serra Danilo Dirani RZ Motorsport 1 Thiago Marques César Ramos 14 Luciano Burti Felipe Giaffone União Química Bassani 3 Bia Figueiredo Beto Monteiro 70 Diego Nunes Dennis Dirani Axalta C2 Team 4 Júlio Campos Alan Hellmeister 83 Gabriel Casagrande Márcio Campos Geolab-Vogel 5 Denis Navarro Felipe Maluhy 8 Rafael Suzuki Franco Vivian Mico's Racing 6 Alceu Feldmann Tarso Marques 45 Fábio Carbone Vicente Orige Cavaleiro Racing 7 Beto Cavaleiro Sérgio Jimenez 74 Popó Bueno Noberto Gresse TMG Motorsport 9 Gustavo Lima Tuka Rocha 77 Valdeno Brito Maxime Martin Shell Racing 10 Ricardo Zonta Laurens Vanthoor 51 Atila Abreu Nelson Piquet Jr. Full Time Sports 18 Allam Khodair António Félix da Costa 111 Rubens Barrichello Augusto Farfus Ipiranga-RCM 21 Thiago Camilo Lucas Di Grassi 28 Galid Osman Damián Fineschi Hot Car Competições 26 Raphael Abbate Nicolas Costa 110 Felipe Lapenna Marco Cozzi Eisenbahn Racing Team 46 Vítor Genz David Muffato 63 Néstor Girolami Franco Girolami Full Time-ProGP 12 Lucas Foresti Luiz Razia 66 Felipe Guimarães Duda Pamplona Eurofarma RC 65 Max Wilson Vítor Meira 90 Ricardo Maurício Guilherme Salas Cimed Racing 80 Marcos Gomes Antônio Pizzonia 88 Felipe Fraga Rodrigo Sperafico

Team changes After a difficult year in 2015, ProGP entered in 2016 as customer team of Full Time Sports, was renamed to Full Time-ProGP and returned to operate two cars. After four years of partnership, Mico's Racing lost the sponsorship of Prati-Donaduzzi and returned to his official name. Since 2012 Mobil Super had sponsored AMG Motorsport; in 2016 it sponsors Full Time Sports. The team is now called TMG Motorsport with the acquisition of 100% of corporate shares by Thiago Meneghel. Carlos Alves keeps up the sponsorship of Brazil Kirin; the car and team name changed from Schin to Eisenbahn. Boettger Competições which in 2003 had a champion with David Muffato left the championship. Reigning Champion Voxx Racing changes its name to Cimed Racing, the action is part of the celebrations of 40 years of Cimed Group, team owner and main sponsor since the creation of the team in 2013.

Driver changes

Changed teams In 2016 Néstor Girolami drove for the Eisenbahn Racing Team and is the first Argentine to compete in the Stock Car the full season and second foreigner to compete in container, the first was the Portuguese Pedro Queiroz Pereira in the seasons 1981 and 1982. After seven seasons Atila Abreu left AMG Motorsport and joined Shell Racing. Felipe Lapenna returned for Hot Car Competições after one year in Schin Racing Team. With the withdrawal of sponsorship of Prati-Donaduzzi of Mico's Racing, Júlio Campos left the team and will compete for your own team C2. Vítor Genz left the Boettger Competições and joined Eisenbahn Racing Team. Diego Nunes left Vogel Motorsport and returns the União Química Bassani Racing in 2016 for which he raced in 2010, 2011 and 2013. Sergio Jimenez left the C2 Team and joined Cavaleirop Racing. Rafael Suzuki switched from RZ Motorsport to Vogel Motorsport. Gustavo Lima who raced for ProGP part-time in 2015 switched to TMG Motorsport. Lucas Foresti and Felipe Guimarães who raced for AMG Motorsport and Boettger Competições in 2015 are driving for Full Time-ProGP in 2016.

Entering/re-entering the series After five seasons, Thiago Marques returned for the series with RZ Motorsport. Alceu Feldmann and Fábio Carbone competed only on first round in 2015, who raced for Mico's Racing in 2016.

Race calendar and results The 2016 schedule was announced on 3 December 2015. The eighth edition of the Corrida do Milhão was held on September 11 at Interlagos. Like last year, the season was contested over twenty-one races at twelve rounds, with the first round being contested by two-driver entries with wildcard drivers. The race with wildcard drivers – the so-called "All Star Race" – was held at Curitiba. The series did not return to the Ribeirão Preto and Campo Grande, but returned to Londrina. Also the series debuted at a new track in Curvelo, called the Circuito dos Cristais. All races were held in Brazil.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba March 6 Ricardo Maurício Guilherme Salas Thiago Camilo Lucas Di Grassi Marcos Gomes Antônio Pizzonia Cimed Racing 2 R1 Velopark, Nova Santa Rita April 10 Cacá Bueno Cacá Bueno Cacá Bueno Red Bull Racing R2 Diego Nunes Thiago Camilo Diego Nunes União Química Racing 3 R1 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Goiânia), Goiânia May 22 Cacá Bueno Cacá Bueno Marcos Gomes Cimed Racing R2 Rafael Suzuki Ricardo Maurício Galid Osman Ipiranga-RCM 4 R1 Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul June 5 Felipe Fraga Felipe Fraga Felipe Fraga Voxx Racing R2 Ricardo Zonta Diego Nunes Max Wilson Eurofarma RC 5 R1 Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã June 26 Rubens Barrichello Felipe Fraga Max Wilson Eurofarma-RC R2 Sérgio Jimenez Ricardo Mauricio Júlio Campos C2 Team 6 R1 Autódromo Internacional de Cascavel July 17 Cacá Bueno Marcos Gomes Cacá Bueno Red Bull Racing R2 Daniel Serra Marcos Gomes Rubens Barrichello Full Time Sports 7 Interlagos Circuit September 11 Rubens Barrichello Júlio Campos Felipe Fraga Cimed Racing 8 R1 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Londrina), Londrina September 25 Max Wilson Marcos Gomes Felipe Fraga Cimed Racing R2 Néstor Girolami Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello Full Time Sports 9 R1 Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba October 16 Felipe Fraga Ricardo Mauricio Felipe Fraga Cimed Racing R2 Raphael Abbate Thiago Camilo Thiago Camilo Ipiranga-RCM 10 R1 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna (Goiânia), Goiânia November 6 Rubens Barrichello Felipe Fraga Rubens Barrichello Medley Full Time Sports R2 Lucas Foresti Thiago Camilo Atila Abreu Shell Racing 11 R1 Circuito dos Cristais November 20 Felipe Fraga Marcos Gomes Felipe Fraga Cimed Racing R2 Diego Nunes Marcos Gomes Ricardo Maurício Eurofarma-RC 12 Interlagos Circuit December 11 Felipe Fraga Allam Khodair Daniel Serra Red Bull Racing

Championship standings Points system Points are awarded for each race at an event to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race, up to a maximum of 60 points per event.

Points format Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th Dual race 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Feature races 30 25 22 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 5 3 1 Sprint races 15 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Final race 60 50 44 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 10 6 2

Dual Race: Used for the first round with Wildcard drivers. Feature races: Used for the first race of each event and the Stock Car Million race. Sprint races: Used for the second race of each event, with partially reversed (top ten) grid. Final race: Used for the last round of the season with double points.

Drivers' Championship